A word or phrase that refers to a culturally understood set of meanings and behaviors or that is "pregnant" with ideological commitment Examples include liberty, rights of privacy, and religion A word or phrase that refers to a culturally understood set of meanings and behaviors or that is "pregnant" with ideological commitment Examples include liberty, rights of privacy, and religion
A graphic [ written ] symbol of an idea or object that does not represent the sounds that make up its name, but rather an idea
The common term used in the West to refer to Han characters It refers to the fact that Han characters are used in various writing systems primarily not to represent sound, but to represent meaning However, it is somewhat inaccurate since Han characters do in fact represent a great deal of sound information; nearly 98% of all modern Han characters indicate some sound information
(1) Any symbol that primarily denotes an idea (or meaning) in contrast to a sound (or pronunciation)--for example, a symbol showing a telephone (2) A common term used to refer to Han characters